Any executive who works for a company, or owns their own business, has some serious skills. And even though jobs might be similar, each person is one-of-a-kind. We go about our days using that unique combination of skills, experience, knowledge and perspective to...

Before starting Message Glue, we worked as subcontractors to a lot of agencies and producers. After a while, a pattern emerged: we found we had different methods of fulfilling clients’ needs. This is not to say we think the folks who were kind enough to hire us were...

We’ve all had to watch a presentation where the presenter was clearly not prepared, and was using their PowerPoint deck as an elaborate set of notecards. Each time they would click to a new slide, it would jog their memory and they would prattle on for many minutes...

One of my mentors in the communications business was an offbeat, creative idea man who had very little corporate experience. His background was music, but he excelled at big, visionary ideas for corporate events. He went on to own and later sell a very successful...

I recently discovered The Macallan. I’m late to the scotch whisky table, but still in all happy to be here. The Macallan 12 (aged 12 years) is smooth, silky and impressive. And, a bit pricey. In TV dramas (especially ones about lawyers), and you’ll often see Scotch...

In the pandemic of H1N1 in the fall of 2009, it was estimated that 2% of people affected would end up dying. I got way too close to that 2%, and on an October morning was whisked to the ER by my wife (and firefighters and paramedics), where I was discovered to be...

Every day we’re bombarded with information. On laptops, phones and tablets, radios and televisions, magazines and newspapers. Before 7am most of our brains are fully loaded with the news that happened while we slept, celebrity gossip, weather and opinions. So,...

Your team has hit a wall. That one persistent problem has foiled every attempt to overcome it. Progress is hampered by frustration, productivity is suffering, and the challenges seem to multiply with each new idea. Then someone chimes in, “We need to think outside the...

I’ve been told by the folks at Bungie Studios that I have played more characters in HALO than anyone else on the planet*. I’ve been killed many times, only to be reborn into another character quickly thereafter. A few days ago I voiced 3 characters for their new game,...